Author.
the Zambian godfather of Blogging Sir
Kempson Ari de
Visé Jaffe Joffer
@ZambiazHarshTag @KempsonAri
nd so it came to pass that on the
last Saturday of October,
#FashionDayOut
will be an annual event held in my honour as Zambian (Zed)
Fashion at Foxdale Court. The usual suspects Angelika Huwiler, Zila
Milupi, Bwayla Ngoma stayed on
top of the entire situation aided by volunteers
I salute for going the distance. The soldiers
of the great fashion effort and culprits
turned out in numbers, and also encountered new acquaintances and fashionistas,
“the really love me,” I contemplated
as I shed a tear. The Millennias of Y @YMagZambia
were also in the hodgepodge with cameras and the energy of youth. I was animated to see the collective idea of the Zambia
Fashion Council, MAFASHOW and Foxdale Court @FoxdaleCourt burgeon
and come alive with such gusto
and panache. The essence of the event was mode, but the meticulousness and generosity with which
each stakeholder was treated made the celebration African in nature with a universal perspective. My existence
as fashion primarily is the celebration
of how diverse we are as a people and through such
jamborees exploring how the various faculties of fashion can empower and benefit the collective and enhance the people. Fashion
Day Out was necessary and what was missing in the evolution of Zambian Fashion story, chapeaux.
The buildup was epic, bloggers got busy, Facebook was buzzing on all pages and Larry the Twitter bluebird was in tweeting
overdrive, #FashionDayOut was trending by the time the calendar
flipped to October 31st. Foxdale Court in their foresight provided free Wi-Fi for the duration of the august event which facilitated the blogger bloc activities and enhanced the social media enterprise. Ah yes the lady responsible for the artwork
and making my name Fashion and
the entire event Day Out look so effervescent and picturesque was the amazing
Cathy Fundafunda. Her visual construal was an amalgamation
that encompassed the quintessence of the event with a jagged pallet and timeless delivery, what a badass that @CathyFundafunda! I saw her breezy
hairdo around the pop up bazaars in
the piazza. When I’m happening in
the area, Kahyi & Kii aka @MaFashio are usually also in the
vicinity styling things up at events
and activities, they were in full
effect making me look spectacular as
they do Zed Fashion with a whirl. The tableau vivant (live mannequins) would have made Olga
Desmond proud, they added pizzazz to the elaborateness of the day, bravo
models. Best dressed award goes to
the only person in a Halloween costume with the feline ears and all, very original and sexy indeed @Nana_Kalenge.
Dj Chiti on the ones and twos spun tunes for the ages and kept the
rhythm and vibe alive. The Atmosphere Nation @Atmosphere_news collective on tech
kept the audio and visual verbatim steady, neither Pompi @ThePompi nor Evans @EMulwe where on the mic, Pompi (in matching brogues with Wifey *laughs*) was actually behind the lens capturing the Fashion Think Tank Ambiance. Vlogger,
the only vlogger I know
in Zambia @MissKundwe was also lurking, catch the
link to her Vlog at the end of this post.
To help me express how I felt about this magnanimous
occasion, I enlisted the help of my noble scribe @ZambiazHarshTag (The
Godfather of blogging), who also collaborated
with photographers and fellow bloggers.
The stories shared where genuine
and vivid with a moving sincerity, the questions where engaging which made the Think Tank a riveting and thrilling
experience. The Winners Circle Association (WCA) @WCAlive15 is
definitely winning in their community centered activities and hit a
serious home run with poignant nonstop hard hitting intimate sessions. Enough already with the
“become an instant millionaire or
shortcut this way forums,” I applaud
the panel Angelika Nyobe Andersen (aka Angelika Huwiler), Nayomi Lintini, Megan Bloemker, Amanda
Arnfred, Annely Vihmann, Stanley Kaseka, Deborah Chuma, Elizabeth
Mwanza, and Betty Bulongo, who told the masses gathered what they needed to hear and know. Standing ovation
for the
key note speakers Christina Kabamba and Donna Mshanga, who wore their hearts on
their garments and shared the fascinating story of the Kamanga
@kamangawear journey and kept it 1hunnit
with the “hard work pays” ethos. The official launch of the WCA –
Kamanga Wear collaboration Internship
Programme was the 10 that sent
the Fashion Think Tank out of the park. It
all came together at the seams!
It was the inaugural 1ne, the first cut
in the fabric, and what a beautiful garment
they made in my honour as Zambian “Zed”
Fashion. What left a mark in my heart was the interaction
and involvement of the wider community. The Fashion Think Tank discussions where candid,
the dialogue unguarded as art is and indeed as I am fashion. I am too diverse to be put in a
box as the various pop up shops the hive of activity illustrated
me in all my pomp and splendor. Ogojiii @OGOJIII is a
very important text to the African arena and to me as Élan but also in articulating my
sibling’s interrelated aesthetics
and subject matter related to visionary accomplishments on the continent, more importantly the publication
bridges the abyss between knack and venture. The Ogojiii reading
rooms were a sound initiative and constructive motion promoting
intellect and personal development.
The fete came together beautifully, pure vista and set
delightfully like the Zambian
savannah sun under the auspices of The Sky Bar at the after party and fashion show. Dj Ken @vjken_zm jockeyed the night
away with serious grooves which included Rabs
Vhafuwi & Mizz Count Your Blessing #CYB. I will be back again next year after my Zambia
Fashion Week @ZambiaFashionWeek party
to celebrate my day with fashionistas of all
hues at an even more flamboyant #FashionDayOut2.
The stories shared where genuine
and vivid with a moving sincerity, the questions where engaging which made the Think Tank a riveting and thrilling
experience. The Winners Circle Association (WCA) @WCAlive15 is
definitely winning in their community centered activities and hit a
serious home run with poignant nonstop hard hitting intimate sessions. Enough already with the
“become an instant millionaire or
shortcut this way forums,” I applaud
the panel Angelika Nyobe Andersen (aka Angelika Huwiler), Nayomi Lintini, Megan Bloemker, Amanda
Arnfred, Annely Vihmann, Stanley Kaseka, Deborah Chuma, Elizabeth
Mwanza, and Betty Bulongo, who told the masses gathered what they needed to hear and know. Standing ovation
for the 
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